Question

Solve the application problem.

Julio bought a new flat screen television. The height of the screen is 25 inches and the width of the screen is 44 1/4 inches. What is the perimeter of the television screen?
ASAP PLZZ

Answer 1

we know that

[perimeter of a rectangle]=2*[width+height]
width=44 1/4 in-----> (44*4+1)/4----> 177/4 in
height=25 in
so
[perimeter of a rectangle]=2*[25+177/4]-----> 2*[(4*25+177)/4]
=2*[277/4]-----> 277/2-----> 138.5 in-----> 138 1/2 in

the answer is
138.5 in or 138 1/2 in